New York Motorcycle Test 02

Preparing for your NYS Motorcycle Test is essential to earn your permit and ensure you’re a safe, informed rider on the road. Following these preparation tips—and consistently practicing with our free Motorcycle Permit Practice Test—can make all the difference.

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New York Motorcycle Practice Test 02

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If your motorcycle has a manual start, where will you find it?

By the fuel supply valve

Behind the gearchange lever

Next to the front brake lever

Behind the rear brake pedal

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You're following a fire truck which passes a parked car ahead. Once its rear bumper clears the car, you should not arrive at the same spot within...?

4 seconds

1 second

3 seconds

2 seconds

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On a normal motorcycle, where will you find your electric start button?

By the ignition switch

On the left handlebar

On the right handlebar

By the gas filler cap

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You can stabilize your suspension going through a curve by...?

Rolling on the throttle

Rolling off the throttle

Gently applying the rear brake

Gently applying the front brake

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To make your motorcycle lean left, you should...?

Press the left handgrip away from you

Pull the left handgrip towards you

Pull the right handgrip towards you

Press the right handgrip away from you

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Keeping a cushion of space around you allows you...?

Room to maneuver

Space to escape

Time to react

All of these things

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The best way to be visible is to...?

Think about your lane position

Wear bright clothing

All equally important

Use your headlight

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You should choose a lane position which...?

Protects your lane from others

Avoids wind blast

Makes you most visible

Does all of these things

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When making a normal stop, you should use...?

Both brakes

Front brake only

Rear brake only

Either brake, separately

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If you're not going slowly enough when you shift into a low gear, you are risking...?

Rear wheel skid

Snapped clutch cable

Snapped chain

Engine seizure

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On a normal motorcycle, you operate the gearshift lever with...?

The left hand

The right foot

The right hand

The left foot

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When you're seated on your motorcycle, your arms should reach the handlebars when they are...?

Slightly bent

Fully extended

Bent at 90°

Bent at 45°

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Most riders who run off the road in turns will have...?

Chosen the wrong line

Gone in too fast

Braked too early

Gone in too slow

14 / 30

Keeping your knees against the tank as you ride will help...?

Aerodynamics

Speed

Fuel economy

Balance

15 / 30

To prevent accidental over acceleration, you should start off on your motorcycle...?

With the choke open full

With your left wrist flat

With your right wrist flat

With your foot well away from the gearshift

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When you're riding, you should be scanning the road ahead to the point where you will be in...?

2 seconds time

4 seconds time

8 seconds time

12 seconds time

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In a normal turn, you should lean...?

Not at all

Less than your motorcycle

Further than your motorcycle

The same as your motorcycle

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After you set off, you should get both feet on the foot pegs...?

Before you've reached your first turn

Immediately

Within 5 yards

Within 10 yards

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A driver is most likely to see you if...?

You're positioned in their right side view mirror

You're positioned in their left side view mirror

In any of these positions

You're positioned in their rearview mirror

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When passing, in relation to the vehicle you want to pass you should be...?

At a good distance off their left bumper

Close up on their left bumper

Close up on their right bumper

At a good distance off their right bumper

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You should increase your following distance...?

In poor visibility

In all of these situations

In heavy traffic

If it's wet

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When rounding a curve, you must remember that you will have...?

More traction

Less acceleration

Less traction

Less power

23 / 30

Which portion of the road should you avoid when choosing a lane position?

The left

The right

The center

None of them

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You're stopped at an intersection waiting to cross. What gear should you be in?

3rd

2nd

1st

Neutral

25 / 30

As you ride through a curve, you should be looking at...?

The apex

The center line

Where you want to go

The curb

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On a normal motorcycle, the clutch will be operated with...?

The right foot

The left foot

The left hand

The right hand

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You're being tailgated by a car which obviously wants to pass you. You should...?

Move to the left to block them

Gesture at them to back off

Open up a space for them in front

Accelerate away from them

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You're waiting at a stop light when a driver who didn't see you rear ends you. Forget the legal position, who has responsibility for the situation?

Just you

Both of you

Neither of you

Just the driver

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You should avoid the grease strip in the center of the lane if...?

It's wet

It's cold

It's hot

It's humid

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You come up to a red stoplight with cars already waiting. You should...?

Drive up their right hand side

Drive up their left hand side

Stop well back of them

Stop close up to them

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